CVE-2023-40618

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-09-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenKnowledgeMaps Head Start versions 4, 5, 6, 7 as well as Visual Project Explorer 1.0, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the web browser of a user, by including a malicious payload into the 'service' parameter in 'headstart_snapshot.php'.

Affected products

Openknowledgemaps Head Start: 4, 5, 6, 7

References

https://github.com/dub-flow/vulnerability-research/tree/main/CVE-2023-40618
https://github.com/dub-flow/vulnerability-research/tree/main/CVE-2023-40618

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